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25 Years of Loving ‘The Nanny’

Posted on November 19th, 2018

By Elyssa Goodman for Tablet Magazine

Fran Drescher’s legendary character has been leaving high-heel marks on our hearts since 1993

On the evening of Nov. 3, 1993, Fran Fine traveled over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffields’ door. And by now, 25 years later, you know all too well what happened next. She was there, of course, to sell makeup but the father saw more: that she had style, she had flair, she was there; and that’s how she became the nanny.

Fill Up My Cup... Mazel Tov!: Bar Mitzvahs on Television

Posted on November 12th, 2018

From the Blog Pataphysical Science

During a recent Shabbat dinner conversation with my friend Emily (@Stagemaven on Twitter), the topic of the best bar mitzvah episodes of television shows came up. She mentioned that someone should write a blog post about that and I kept it in the back of my mind. But then I heard about the January 18 episode of Saturday Night Live in which Drake's monologue had him talking about his bar mitzvah (he's Jewish!). And then I watched the February 11 episode of New Girl, in which Schmidt tries to pick up a Hebrew school teacher at a bar mitzvah, and the February 27 episode of The Crazy Ones about the ad agency having to throw a bar mitzvah for a client's son. So these all seemed like signs that I should go ahead and write that blog post. Thanks for the idea, Emily.

7 extraordinary Israeli-designed music videos

By Rebecca Stadlen Amir for Israel21c

From Beyoncé and Jay-Z, to Coldplay and U2 and more, many of the world’s top musicians turn to Israel for show-stopping visual effects and design.

Over the past several years, Israeli directors, producers and animation artists have taken part in the making of some of the most talked-about music videos in history.

From Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s iconic “Apes**t” video at the Louvre, to Coldplay’s Grammy-nominated video for “Up&Up,” many of the music industry’s top performers turn to Israel for show-stopping visual effects, animation and visual design.

The Call of the (Ladino) Brunette

Posted on October 29th, 2018

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Sefaradi Sounds

Noam Vazana’s Moroccan-born grandmother used to sing to her in Ladino. Listen as Vazana (aka Nani, the nickname her grandmother lovingly gave her) performs a whispering and velvety version of the Ladino classic, Morenica (“The call of the brunette”).